Welcome to my A2 blog, this will feature Research, Planning and Progress towards my final edit of N'sync Gone Music Vid and the 2 ancillary texts. The blog will also feature our Evaluation of our final piece. Feel free to leave criticism :)

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Tuesday, 15 November 2011

All - Digipak (group work)

Definition of a Digipak

Digipaks are a type of CD packaging made out of card stock or other heavy paper/cardboard material. Digipaks can flip open like a book, or it can have three parts, so that one portion of the packaging opens to the right and one to the left, with the CD in the centre.

Codes and Conventions of a Digipak As a group we researched and looked at examples of digipaks. When looking at some of the example ( Ignacio Fernandez - Buscare) we discovered the typical codes and conventions of digipak which include:

Front and back cover

Back cover includes a track list with timings

Artist and the album names are placed on the front cover

Some may have a track list with the names of the composers underneath in small print.

Also on the back cover there is the record company name and sometimes their label.

At the bottom of the back cover there sometimes may be the artists website address.

There is a bar code/Qr code

Where the CD has been made.

Panels - different parts to the panels and different colours sometimes.

Sometimes there is a lyrics sheet you can pull out of part of the digipak.

Sometimes it can be special edition or a collective and could include a DVD.

Advantages of a digipak rather than a standard Dual Case

You can recycle the material used to make the digipak as it is cardboard not plastic

A digipak is cheaper to produce, making the distribution cost cheaper.

A digipak is a more up to date version of an LP which is basically a 12'' square cardboard, showing a resemblance to a digipak.

They cannot crack like Dual cases can, however they could rip or eventually over time fall apart.